Faucet



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A. BURST 8v J. I. BOYER.

FAUGBT.

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A. BURST & JL IQBOYER. FAUGBT.

No. 516,438. Patented Mar. 13, 1894.

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ALEXANDER HURST AND JESSE" I. BOYER, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 516,438, dated March13, 1894.

Application filed September 5, I893. Serial No. 484,812. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl we, ALEXANDER HURsr and JESSE I. BOYER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Reading, in the county of Berks and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFaucets, of which the following is a speci- Iication.

This invention relates to the class of cock faucets, and particularly toa beer faucet, and its novelty will be fully understood from thefollowing description and claims when taken in connection with theannexed drawings: and the novelty of the invention is to provide afaucet of simple, durable and inexpensive construction.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for opening andclosinga faucet, which can be operated without the least lost motion oruncertainty of the operation ofthe parts of the faucet, either inopening or closing the same.

A still further object of the invention, is to provide a cutoff, ormeans in the tube between the barrel and faucet whereby the valve orplunger of the faucet may be removed and replaced without detachingitfrom the barrel or keg to which it is secured.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of theseveral parts of the faucet and cut off as will be hereinafter morefully described and set upin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this application: Figurelis a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 isa perspective view of the handle and its toothed sector. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the sliding rack plate. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectiontaken on the plane indicated by the dotted line X-X in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 isa perspective view of the plunger and its attachments.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts throughout theseveral figures of the drawings.

The tube or stem A, which is of ordinary Y' construction', is providedupon the outside near the faucet, with an inner screw threadedprojection a, and opposite this projection ct, is formed in the wall ofthe tube or stem A, a valve seat B. Fitted in the said projection a, isascrew valve b, which is operated to cut off, or close the stem or tubewhen the faucet is being repaired.

Projecting downwardly from the tube A, cast or formed in the same piece,and of course directly communicating with it, is the mouth C, of thefaucet. The' faucet end of the tube A, is enlarged from just in frontof4 the projection a, to its extreme end, forming 6c the valve seat c,at the juncture of the said enlarged and small portions of the' tube ory stem A, Cast or otherwise formed upon the said enlarged portionopposite the mouth C, are two Iianges D, between which the handle E, isfulcrumed by means of the screw bolt e. The lower or fulcrumed portionof the handle E, has formed in the same piece with it, the toothedsector F, through which sector the fulcrum bolt e, passes. At thejuncture 7o of the rear lower portion ofthe handle and the said sector,is formed a V shaped lug or projection d, which forms a stop when itstrikes the rack plate G, and prevents the handle from being pushed toofar back. The rack plate G,.slides upon the said enlarged end .of thetube A, between the flanges D, is engaged by the sector F, and slidesback and forth according to the movement of the han dle E. .At the outerend of the rack plate G, 8o at right angles thereto and in the samepiece, is formed an arm H, which projects downwardly through the outerend of the plunger I, the said outer end of the plunger being providedwith ahand knob or handle h, to opcrate the plunger should the handle E,orits engaged parts become broken. The inner endl of the plunger is madesmaller, and is provided with a sleeve or packing gland K, to secure thepacking lain position, while the 9o packingor gasket L, which forms thevalve, is secured to the said sleeve, and the sleeve to the plunger, bymeans of the screw Z. It is obvious from the foregoing description, thatas the plate G, is moved back and forth, 95. it will carry with it theplunger, and thus open and close the fluid channel.

We do not Wish to be understood as limiting ourselves to the particulararrangement of the parts of our device, nor to forming or 10o castingthem in the same piece, but desireto reserve to ourselves the right tochange the location and manner of forming them without departing fromthe spirit of our invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, `and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination with the faucet having oppositely situated flanges,of the handle termnatingin atoothed sectorfulcrumed to and between theflanges, the V shaped stop lug formed at the juncture of the sector andhandle, the rack plate slidably located between the said flanges but notsecured to them, the depending arm formed at right angles to the rackplate and extending through the plunger, and the plunger having anoperating handle formed upon its outer end, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. In a faucet having fianges opposite the faucets mouth, the innerscrew threaded projection formed integral with the faucet stem,

the valve seat made in the wall of the said stem, and the screw valveoperated through the said projection, combined with the operatinghandle, the plunger, the rack plate having an arm depending through theplunger, the toothed sector forming one end of the oper ating handlefulcrumed to the said anges, and the V shaped lug formed at the junctureof the handle and sector to stop the outward movement of the said rackplate and plunger, substantially as shown and described.

In Witness whereof We hereunto set our hands in the presence of twoWitnesses.

, ALEXANDER HURST.

JESSE l. BOYER.V Titnessesz EUGENE RHEIN, WALTER B. CRAIG.

